Nilesh Dashrath Girkar is an Indian

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who works for Hindi and Telugu films. He started his career writing for

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's ''

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''(2009). He has also written

’s ''

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'' (2012) featuring

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and

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; ''

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’s much-awaited film, ''

Ab Tak Chhappan 2 ''Ab Tak Chhappan 2'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film produced by Raju Chada and Gopal Dalvi. The film is directed by Aejaz Gulab and scripted by Nilesh Girkar. The film stars Nana Patekar in the lead role. It also stars ...

'' (2015).

Background

Born and brought up in Mumbai in a middle-class family, he was an avid Bollywood film buff since childhood. After graduating in Physics from the University of Mumbai, he worked as a Quality Assurance in one of Mumbai’s leading Medical Transcription BPO’s for a few years before quitting his job in 2008. Meeting

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on the sets of ‘

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’ Filmy Gyan Quiz Show in 2008 set the tone to follow his dreams and give screenplay writing a shot at. Before turning full-fledged

he had assisted eminent writer/director from Marathi Theater Devendra Pem for around two years and worked on his theatrical play Lali-Lila (a Marathi/Gujarati/Hindi comedy play on Siamese twin sisters). He also worked as an actor, back stage, and in various capacities in Marathi Theater for few of his one-act plays. In fact he penned his first script while in the office during his tedious medical transcriptionist days. On the basis of that script, he got his first break at RGV’s Dreamforce Enterprise with ''

'' in 2009. Nilesh won a bitter battle with Director RGV, over his writing credits for ''

'' movie.

Filmography

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